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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xorg-server-1.10.3-1
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:57:17 -0400
- Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xorg-server-1.10.3-1
- References: <announce.4E2593A1.1090706@dronecode.org.uk> <4E263CAE.50005@tlinx.org>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 07:25:50PM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
>Jon TURNEY wrote:
>
>> The following packages have been updated in the Cygwin distribution:
>>
>> *** xorg-server-1.10.3-1
>> *** xorg-server-dmx-1.10.3-1
>
>----
> How can I install 'just' those packages (from the command
>line)....
>
> The GUI has no option to only install 1 package --
>it selects ALL, (100's of my packages want updates, but when I tried I
>tried it last, I ended up with a completely non-function cygwin setup
>(no bash, nada..., thank goddess I had a backup...)
>
> So now now, I tried going through and unselecting, but there
>were too many and my wrists gave out.....and of course the GUI has
>not KB-accelerators like shift-minus to unselect all, that I could find.
>
> Any easy way to cherry pick packages to install rather than being
>forced fed entire updates all at once?
>
>the cmd line 'setup' claims to allow you to install, one package, but
>then it went through the whole gui process and still had all the other
>default packages installed!....
If you ran setup.exe and it deleted bash then there is something very
seriously wrong with either your system or setup.exe.
I know where my money would go if I was betting on which of the above
was more likely.
cgf
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